Archive for October, 2008
Monday, October 20th, 2008
From the APC article:
“If you look at the iPhone as an example, and it’s a beautiful looking product, but it doesn’t give the heavy user a full day of battery life. One reason is that it’s not really a push email device, it’s what we call ‘poke and pull’ – ...
Posted in Apple |
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
At last Tuesday's notebook event, Apple released a new set of MacBooks and MacBook Pros. The reviews and the press so far have skewed toward the MacBook, and deservedly so; the high-end MacBook is now significantly closer to the low-end Pro, and the aluminum models boast far better on-board graphics ...
Posted in Apple, Design |
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Another exciting episode of LoDo Conversations, this time to discuss the newly-released Apple notebooks. Also available on iTunes.
Posted in Apple, Podcasts |
Friday, October 17th, 2008
Alex "The Kodiak Killer" King just had signage adhered to the door of the Crowd Favorite office. Clever, simple, and serves their brand well.
Posted in Design |
Friday, October 17th, 2008
I live with the OS X Cisco VPN client running nearly non-stop, and occasionally get this frustrating error:
Error 51: Unable to communicate with the VPN subsystem. Please make sure that you have at least one network interface that is currently active and has an IP address and start this application ...
Posted in Software |
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Primate Labs has compared the spankin' new Macbooks and Macbook Pros to last season's models. The results? Similarly configured machines perform similarly. I know, right?
Posted in Apple |
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
From Kolbrener, a fun and wonderfully thought-out cheat sheet for branding and marketing terms.
(Via LogoDesignLove)
Posted in Design |
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Steve Jobs proves he's still alive today by releasing aluminum updates to the Macbook and Macbook Pro, and giving the Macbook Air a bump. As a bonus, Apple also released a brand new 24" display to match the design of the newer products.
I'll let the product pages provide the technical ...
Posted in Apple |
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Raoul Mowatt at MSN TV has a list of ten things that writers need to do to make Heroes a good show again.
3. Idiot-Proof All Plots
Too often, I find myself asking, "Why would a reasonable person do this?"For instance: Why would Mohinder inject himself with an untested serum when anything could ...
Posted in Sci-Fi, Television |
Monday, October 13th, 2008
I'm going out on a limb and predicting that Apple will use the notebook event to launch updated Macbooks and Macbook Pros. My sources indicate the following:
802.11n Wireless
Bluetooth
Full-color displays
Built-in keyboards
Support for third-party applications
Full SDK and developer environment
New casing designs
Headphone and microphone ports
Be sure to tune in tomorrow to see how ...
Posted in Apple |
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Apple has sent out invitations for a town hall event on October 14th, with a picture of a Mac notebook backing and the tagline, "The spotlight turns to notebooks." There's a level of grandeur implied here that goes beyond the typical hardware refresh. We can probably expect a significant change ...
Posted in Apple |
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
John Gruber posts his (late) review of the greatest phone ever made:
There is something to be said for the fact that the phone with the strongest brand in the world has no visible branding whatsoever on its front face.
Unsurprisingly, I agree with every word. Strangers frequently notice my phone and ...
Posted in Apple |
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Episode 2 of LoDo Conversations is available for download. There was several reasons why this one is late, not the least of which was the original ninety minute runtime. Corey's story with worth the wait.
Posted in Podcasts |
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Streaming music service Spotify has launched! Sort of. Free accounts are invite-only, but anyone can pony up for a premium account. In theory, anyway, since the premium sign-up page claims a lack of availability in my country.
If you can get in, Spotify is worth paying for. I've been using it ...
Posted in Music |
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Proving Apple's dominance in the mobile application market, RIM is rushing forward with their own answer to the App Store. The largest difference is that each carrier will run their own store, and be allowed to filter apps in whatever manner they choose.
As more App Store-alikes come forward, this is ...
Posted in Apple |